Re: [hylafax-users] inbound fax problem

[Lee Howard <faxguy@deanox.com>]

At 10:22 PM 7/15/01 +0200, Severin Olloz wrote:
>Hello...
>
>I have installed hylafax on my server and hey it's great. Fax-ing to other 
>fax-machines works perfect :-)
>
>We (our family) use one analog phoneline for voice-calls and now I want to 
>install fax-ing on this line too. Outgoing faxes are no problem, but with 
>inbound faxes there's one big problem: How can hylafax or the fax-modem find 
>out if the call is a fax-call or a voice-call?
>
>When the telephone rings I don't know if this a fax or a voice call!?
>
>After 3 rings the modem will be active and the person on the telefon hear 
>nice sounds ;-)
>
>Any ideas?

Without distinctive ring, HylaFAX has no way of knowing if it's fax or
voice, either, so it has to pick up.  I'd say that you'll need to use
RingsBeforeAnswer=0 and then manually use 'faxanswer'.

Lee.



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